punctuality

English

Etymology

punctual +‎ -ity

Noun

punctuality (usually uncountable, plural punctualities)

1. The state of being punctual

Synonyms

• timeliness
• promptness

Related terms

• point
• punctilious
• punctual
• punctuate
• punctuation

Translations

state of being punctual

• Basque: puntualtasun
• Bulgarian: акура́тност (bg) f (akurátnost)
• Catalan: puntualitat f
• Dutch: stiptheid (nl)
• Esperanto: akurateco
• French: ponctualité (fr) f
• Galician: puntualidade (gl) f
• German: Pünktlichkeit (de) f
• Italian: puntualità (it) f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: punktlighet m or f

  Nynorsk: punktlegskap m

• Polish: punktualność (pl) f
• Portuguese: pontualidade (pt) f
• Romanian: punctualitate (ro) f
• Russian: пунктуа́льность (ru) f (punktuálʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: puntualidad (es) f

Further reading

• “punctuality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “punctuality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.